Câmara (António Gonçalves da)
Original title: Câmara (Antonio Gonçalves da)
Great-grandson of Zarco, noted for bravery in Africa and above all for the violent abduction of Isabel de Abreu recounted by the old chroniclers.
He was a great-grandson of the discoverer João Gonçalves Zarco and a grandson of the 2nd captain-donatary (capitão-donatário) João Gonçalves da Câmara. He distinguished himself greatly in Africa by his bravery and rendered good service to his country there. What truly made him famous, however, and why all the old Madeiran chronicles speak of him, was the violent and spectacular manner in which he abducted Isabel de Abreu, together with the sensational episodes and circumstances that followed. The abduction became a fertile subject for the chroniclers of the time and for other writers who have since dealt with it. We have already discussed it at some length in the article devoted to Isabel de Abreu, to which we refer the reader.
António Gonçalves da Câmara, the son of Pedro Gonçalves da Câmara and Dona Joana de Eça, chief lady of the bedchamber to Queen Catherine, held various court offices, among them that of Master of the Royal Hunt to King John I.
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Place
Places mentioned · 01
- Africa
Where the subject distinguished himself in war.
Africa is referred to as a destination of Madeiran expeditions, soldiers and exiled convicts, and as an export market for Madeiran butter. The explorers Capelo and Ivens crossed the continent, and North Africa is noted as the origin of the date palm.
People
People mentioned · 08-
Descendant of Zarco who fought in Africa and abducted Isabel de Abreu.
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Woman whose sensational abduction by the subject was told by the chroniclers.
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Mother of the subject and chief lady of the chamber to Queen Catarina.
- João Gonçalves da Câmara1414–1501
Second captain-donatary of Funchal and grandfather of the subject.
- João Gonçalves Zarcod. 1467
Discoverer of Madeira and great-grandfather of the subject.
- John Id. 1433
King whom the subject served as master of the hunt, according to the Elucidário.
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Father of the subject.
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Queen of Portugal whom the subject's mother served.